Yeah, that’s what I thought as well. You did say it was buried in mud, so you would have something like fossilized plants on the entirety of the gun. It’s almost something I would wait for. It also looks like it’s completely rusted.
completely rusted ??? ouchers...
I spent h-o-u-r-s with picks, dremel wire wheels, scraping & sanding before getting it back to metal... the 'blue' didnt take as well as Id liked [my first attempt] at first... when it was dark blued/black, most of the impefections were masked unless you held it at the right angle/lighting...
I ended up with a film coating of blueing, guess God wanted it that way...hehehe...but it definately aint rusty now...yet...
‘waSted’...sorry, Im not much for grammar patrol, but in a name its only polite...